Les Maskoutains Regional County Municipality

Les Maskoutains
Regional county municipality
Location in province of Quebec.
Coordinates: 45°37′N 72°57′W / 45.617°N 72.950°WCoordinates: 45°37′N 72°57′W / 45.617°N 72.950°W[1]
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Montérégie
Effective	January 1, 1982
County seat	Saint-Hyacinthe
Government[2]
• Type	Prefecture
• Prefect	Mme Francine Morin
Area[2][3]
• Total	1,313.90 km^2 (507.30 sq mi)
• Land	1,301.16 km^2 (502.38 sq mi)
Population (2011)[3]
• Total	84,248
• Density	64.7/km^2 (168/sq mi)
• Pop 2006-2011	4.4%
• Dwellings	38,387
Time zone	EST (UTC−5)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC−4)
Area code(s)	450 and 579
Website	www.mrcmaskoutains.qc.ca

Les Maskoutains is a regional county municipality in the Montérégie region in southwestern Quebec, Canada. Its seat is in Saint-Hyacinthe.

Subdivisions

There are 17 subdivisions within the RCM:^[2]

Cities & Towns (2) Saint-Hyacinthe Saint-Pie

Municipalities (13) La Présentation Saint-Barnabé-Sud Saint-Bernard-de-Michaudville Saint-Damase Saint-Dominique Saint-Hugues Saint-Jude

Saint-Liboire Saint-Louis Saint-Marcel-de-Richelieu Saint-Simon Saint-Valérien-de-Milton Sainte-Hélène-de-Bagot

Parishes (1) Sainte-Marie-Madeleine

Villages (1) Sainte-Madeleine

Demographics

Population

Canada census – Les Maskoutains Regional County Municipality community profile
	2011	2006	2001
Population:	84,248 (+4.4% from 2006)	80,694 (+2.3% from 2001)	78,917 (+0.2% from 1996)
Land area:	1,301.16 km^2 (502.38 sq mi)	1,301.16 km^2 (502.38 sq mi)	1,301.15 km^2 (502.38 sq mi)
Population density:	64.7/km^2 (168/sq mi)	62.0/km^2 (161/sq mi)	60.7/km^2 (157/sq mi)
Median age:	42.8 (M: 41.2, F: 44.4)	41.6 (M: 40.0, F: 43.0)	39.0 (M: 37.6, F: 40.3)
Total private dwellings:	38,387	35,601	33,761
Median household income:	$50,253	$44,912	$39,614
References: 2011[3] 2006[4] 2001[5]

Historical Census Data - Les Maskoutains Regional County Municipality, Quebec[6]
Year Pop. ±% 1991 76,845 —     1996 78,754 +2.5%	Year Pop. ±% 2001 78,917 +0.2% 2006 80,694 +2.3%	Year Pop. ±% 2011 84,248 +4.4%

Language

Canada Census Mother Tongue - Les Maskoutains Regional County Municipality, Quebec[6]
Census		Total		French				English				French & English				Other
Year		Responses		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %
2011		82,625		79,610	4.2%	96.35%		645	16.2%	0.78%		305	69.4%	0.37%		2,065	16.7%	2.50%
2006		78,930		76,425	1.4%	96.83%		555	2.8%	0.70%		180	12.2%	0.23%		1,770	100.0%	2.24%
2001		77,025		75,395	0.4%	97.88%		540	28.9%	0.70%		205	20.6%	0.27%		885	22.9%	1.15%
1996		77,385		75,735	n/a	97.87%		760	n/a	0.98%		170	n/a	0.22%		720	n/a	0.93%

Transportation

Access Routes

Highways and numbered routes that run through the municipality, including external routes that start or finish at the county border:^[7]

Autoroutes A-20 (TCH)

Principal Highways Route 116 Route 137

Secondary Highways Route 211 Route 224 Route 227 Route 229 Route 231 Route 233 Route 235 Route 239

External Routes None

See also

• List of regional county municipalities and equivalent territories in Quebec

References

1. Reference number 141068 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (French)
2. Geographic code 540 in the official Répertoire des municipalités (French)
3. "2011 Community Profiles". Canada 2011 Census. Statistics Canada. July 5, 2013. Retrieved 2014-03-15.
4. "2006 Community Profiles". Canada 2006 Census. Statistics Canada. March 30, 2011. Retrieved 2014-03-15.
5. "2001 Community Profiles". Canada 2001 Census. Statistics Canada. February 17, 2012. Retrieved 2014-03-15.
6. Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census
7. Official Transport Quebec Road Map